tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post8115425328245356057..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Singing the Warriors BackElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36846631083016767552010-06-01T19:42:08.441-07:002010-06-01T19:42:08.441-07:00You are so blessed to have heard Jack Kornfeld in ...You are so blessed to have heard Jack Kornfeld in PERSON! How wonderful.<br /><br />That poem is hair-raising in its clarity. It resonates with horror, and I'm sure, with truth.Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-54511727331593047312010-06-01T16:50:29.263-07:002010-06-01T16:50:29.263-07:00I love that peom-it's one of my faves ever. Th...I love that peom-it's one of my faves ever. Thanks for posting.Criticlasmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942568777607340234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-81625225063242760072010-06-01T10:06:41.444-07:002010-06-01T10:06:41.444-07:00so jealous you saw jack kornfield! thats amazing....so jealous you saw jack kornfield! thats amazing. I wish we had more opportunities around here to hear great speakers. Apparently where i live in NJ is in the middle of an evangelical pocket... very homogenous. not that theres anything wrong with that, just not me. gotta keep my feelings/thoughts/opinions to myself and all. hard to be myself around friends that strictly adhear to The Word of God and only that... so im always so envious of those who can be free to discuss and participate in all types of lectures and conversations about all types of "spirituality."Alicia Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244714478310893367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-30078193040376971672010-06-01T07:33:28.010-07:002010-06-01T07:33:28.010-07:00Singing them back - I love that. You are so fortun...Singing them back - I love that. You are so fortunate to have sat with Jack Kornfield. I have read his books for years. He seems very wise.Lovely Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09638494377600184295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-7939748951911292482010-05-31T23:43:46.729-07:002010-05-31T23:43:46.729-07:00Such raw emotion, both in the poem and in the sing...Such raw emotion, both in the poem and in the singing-back concept. Thanks for the reminder.Tanya @ TeenAutismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058742216574076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-11434446770616636062010-05-31T19:57:11.528-07:002010-05-31T19:57:11.528-07:00I agree with what's been said.
I don't th...I agree with what's been said. <br />I don't thing we should glorify war. <br /><br />The poem is heart wrenching.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15924061349390319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-66162212438097354682010-05-31T17:51:02.450-07:002010-05-31T17:51:02.450-07:00I've read some of Jack Kornfield's books a...I've read some of Jack Kornfield's books and I'm jealous you got to attend a mindfulness class led by him.<br /><br />As for the soldiers, war changes people and not for the better I don't think. I saw first hand what it did to my dad, it killed the part of him that could be kind and tender. That's what war does. As for the singing them back, if only we could.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-63599136040467846812010-05-31T14:26:22.183-07:002010-05-31T14:26:22.183-07:00Owen's poem is raw and full of the reality of ...Owen's poem is raw and full of the reality of war. I love the beautiful notion of singing them back to the present.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-75103753224333157032010-05-31T12:20:05.460-07:002010-05-31T12:20:05.460-07:00I read something recently of how war has become sa...I read something recently of how war has become sanitized. The thing I read talked about WWI and how it was wrote of in a raw & guttural fashion at the time. Now we hear nothing of the horror, we can't even see the flag-draped coffins.<br /><br />I don't think the people of any land are inclined toward war, but the politicians are and they use falsehoods to bring the mass of people along. War has always been an effective political tool. Jingoism works, so it's used.<br /><br />I am sorry for the casualties of all war and I am particularly sorry for those dying due to our invasions of Iraq & Afghanistan. The horrors witnessed by all of the people involved will need much singing indeed to bring the back.Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13915962999372304054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-52801360645389466172010-05-31T12:04:29.615-07:002010-05-31T12:04:29.615-07:00For some reason this makes me think of "where...For some reason this makes me think of "where have all the flowers gone...?" Where indeed.A.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947308878002639964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-87010421805354923212010-05-31T11:38:52.393-07:002010-05-31T11:38:52.393-07:00Sometimes war is necessary, as it was after Hitler...Sometimes war is necessary, as it was after Hitler invaded Poland. I have no problem honoring the fighters, even of unnecessary wars, so long as we don't glorify war itself. But that seems to be something we can't seem to do. Maybe the Irish villagers had it right.<br /><br />Thanks again for an enlightening post.steve on the slow trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257811143869341854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-38212136986176267512010-05-31T09:39:17.768-07:002010-05-31T09:39:17.768-07:00I'm so with you on the patriotic thing. I beli...I'm so with you on the patriotic thing. I believe patriotism and belief in the glory of war is a remnant in our brains of the times when people banded together in small groups and had, as such, to protect themselves and their young against other small groups. <br />I wish we could face the truth that war is not glorious in any way, that it is never an answer to any thing and that sending our young off to war is a sin against our humanity. <br />I will carry the story of the women and the warrior with me and I thank you for telling it.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-35632879125627914642010-05-31T09:03:27.817-07:002010-05-31T09:03:27.817-07:00I heart Jack Kornfield.I heart Jack Kornfield.Carrie Wilson Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586157395539583862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-57102062702497808992010-05-31T07:23:34.033-07:002010-05-31T07:23:34.033-07:00i love this...
"sang him back to the present&...i love this...<br />"sang him back to the present".<br />i love the honor of that.rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05265802752790310923noreply@blogger.com